Discordia

A pink party pony bounced along the steets of Discordia. Pinkie started humming Smile Smile Smile to herself as she made her way to Sugarcube Corner, where Pinkamena was.

Pinkie started giggling at the thought of herself with a straight mane and a light grey coat. Unfortunatly, Pinkamena heard her laughing.

Pinkamena jumped over the counter, pushed a discorded Lyra out of her way, and tackled Pinkie Pie to the ground. "Grr... Whoever you are, you must be new here because I do NOT tolerate laughter at Sugarcube Corner, or anywhere else for that matter!" Pinkamena growled.

"Oh silly filly! You know who I am! I'm Pinkie Pie!" Said Pinkie Pie, who appeared right beside Pinkamena, surprising her.

Pinkamena looked down at her empty hooves, then back at Pinkie Pie. She recovered and growled at Pinkie. Her eyes darted to some red velvelt cupcakes. Fast as lightning, she flung them at Pinkie's head.

"Wow, you sure do growl a lot! We outta call you 'Growly Pie!" Pinkie Pie laughed as she dodged them with ease.

"It's Pinkamena! And you just made a BIG mistake!" Pinkamena said, careful not to growl so the pink annoying pony wouldn't laugh at her more.

"I'll say! You made the cupcakes too big, but since I'm basically you, I did make a BIG mistake!" Pinkie Pie laughed and everypony else in the shop laughed too.

"I'll murder you and everypony else if you don't stop laughing!" Pinkamena screamed.

Only Pinkie Pie was left laughing. "So you wanna fight?" Pinkie Pie stopped. "Then taste my party cannon!" She fired it everywhere.

Pinkamena's eyes dialated as she ducked for cover, as did everypony else. She ducked under tables and chairs until she reached the kitchen. She sprinted to the knife drawer looking for the biggest one. Instead she found a note that read, Dear you ungrateful psycho, we hid all the knives. You are grounded from making anypony into baked treats after what almost happened with Traitor Dash forever. Have an unpleasent day, Mr. and Mrs. Cake On the back was a troll face.

She groaned and crumpled the paper. She moved over to look for the biggest fork.

"So, retreated from the battlefield, eh?" Pinkie trotted to the door.

Pinkamena had enough. She lunged at Pinkie, they fought and tumbled back into the restaurant area, with all the terrified ponies staring at them. Finally, Pinkamena pinned Pinkie to the wall, fork at her neck.

"I bet you'll have a really unique taste." Pinkamena said hungrily.

Pinkie giggled. "Nice joke! What are you gonna do, make me into cupcakes?"

"That's right, you annoying pony!" Pinkamena said triumphantly.

"No... it's............ LEFT!" Pinkie Pie appeared upside down, and pulled out her drum kit. Ba-dum kch!

Everyone started laughing again.

"Stop! I'll kill you all! Stop that! It hurts!" Pinkamena screamed, clenching her ears.

"You know, Growly, you could just laugh too. I do it all the time!" Pinkie said, then laughed hysterically for emphasis. "See? It's easy! Please try it."

Pinkamena looked straight into Pinkie's eyes, and for a sliver of a moment, any pony staring directly at her eyes could see a flash of blue, expression turning sad, then as fast as it came, was back to grey and expression turned into anger.

"Never!" Pinkamena screamed. She tried to tackle Pinkie, but to no avail. Pinkie kept popping up in the most random of places.

All of a sudden Pinkie shouted "PARTY CANNON!!" She shot it directly at a certain unsuspecting straight-maned pony.

Pinkamena screamed as she thrashed at the streamers binding her to the wall. "Let! Me! GO!"

"Sorry, but no! Now, time for.... tickles!" Pinkie said as she got out a giant feather and began to tickle her.

Pinkamena stared at Pinkie "I'm not ticklish you idiot!"

"I know!" Pinkie said, smiling.

"Then, why?" Pinkamena asked. "You should be ashamed, you just embarassed yourself."

"I just laugh at myself," Pinkie shrugged, "No need to get worked up over nothing."

Again, there was a flash of blue, only it laster a bit longer this time. But soon it was back to grey.

"Shut up. There's lots of things to get worked up over." She said, even though she knew that wasn't all that true.

Pinkie sighed, "Don't you miss your friends?"

The flash returned as soon as the word "Friends" left Pinkie's mouth. Pinkamena's eyes stayed blue as the flash engulfed both the blue-eyed ponies.

"W-where are we? What did you do you creep??" Pinkamena screamed hysterically as the two adjusted to their surroundings.

They were in a small black room with no windows, doors, or any sort of exit.

"I... honestly don't know. I've never seen this dimension before, and I've been to every dimension there is!" Pinkie said.

"Dimension?" Pinkamena asked.

"Well, I'm a-"

"Help....." A voice inturupted.

"Did you say something?" Pinkie asked.

"No..."

"Please save me! Anypony? Please!" The voice, that sounded vaguely like Pinkie and Pinkamena, started to sob.

You'll never escape Pinkamena, never! A different, but still female voice shouted.

"No, Misery! Somepony will save me, I know it!" The pony said again, followed by the sound of metal clanking.

"We have to help that pony." Pinkie said.

We? No way! A voice that combined the voice of whoever Misery was and Pinkie's came out of Pinkamena's mouth, yet sounded as if it was on the other side of the wall of the room they were in. She clasped her hooves over her mouth as she looked like she would cry.

"Growly...?" Pinkie asked.

My name is Pinkamena!! The combined voice said again, from the wall and Pinkamena, but was muffled through her mouth.

Pinkie took that opertunity to hear where the voice was coming from, and started smashing the wall where she heard it.

"What are you doing?" Pinkamena said in her normal voice, and realized what was happening. She quickly joined in.

Soon, they found a second room, that was white this time, it had a pink rock, and had a cage with a pink pony with a straight mane inside... and a light grey floating pony with a crying mask outside.

Pinkamena suddenly realized where they were and who caused the mysterious voice.

They were in her head. She realized she was discorded. She couldn't believe it, after all, she thought she had always acted like this, but in her heart, she knew something was wrong. She knew something was missing.

Laughter.

Suddenly, the rock started to shake, everypony looked at the rock as it turned into a golden necklace with a pink balloon shaped gem. It floated over to Pinkamena and she looked puzzled, but imediately remembered what it was as it clasped around her neck.

It was her Element of Laughter.

No! You foolish ponies will not win! I shall prevail! Discord is ruler! Said the grey floating one who called herself Misery.

"Growly, I need your help to set you free." Pinkie pleaded.

Pinkamena was unsure. But then she remembered what she had always been missing, Laughter. "Alright."

"Ready to giggle at the ghosty?" Pinkie asked.

"Yes. Wait, wha-" Pinkamena said.

"When I was a little filly and the sun was going down." Pinkie sang.

The pink mare who was also called by Misery as Pinkamena's ears perked up.

"The darkness and the shadows, they would always make me frown." They sang together and smiled.

"I'd hide under my pillow,"

The grey Pinkamena looked at them in confusion.

"From what I thought I saw."

Pinkamena began to remember the song.

"But Granny Pie said that wasn't the way to deal with fears at all."

Pinkamena joined in, her and Pinkie's element starting to glow. "She said Pinkie, you gotta stand up tall. Learn to face your fears, you'll see that they can't hurt you, just laugh and make them dissappear!"

"Ha. Ha. Ha!"

"So, giggle at the ghosty,

Guffaw at the grossly,

Crack up at the creepy,

Whoop it up with the weepy,

Chortle at the kooky,

Snortle at the spooky,"

No, STOP! Misery shouted.

Big breath for this part. Pinkamena reminded herself.

"And tell that big dumb scary face to take a hike and leave you alone, and if he thinks he can scare you then he's got another thing coming the very idea of such a thing just makes you wanna,"

The pink ponies laughed.

Pinkamena then started to giggle, then she started to chuckle, and then she finally laughed like her old self, her colour returning, but the only thing was that her hair stayed straight.

"Laaaaaaaaaugh!" The music faded.

Now, Pinkamena and Pinkie's Element glowed brightly, and a beam shot out at Misery, she screamed, turned into a mist and left Pinkamena for good.

They woke up.

"Are... are they okay?" A grey pony pondered.

"I don't care, Pinkamena's mean!" Another pouted.

"Hey, her colour's returning!"

Pinkie and Pinkamena came to, then they started laughing.

"Hahahahahaha! Phew! Thanks a bunch Pinkie! I'm soo happy to be back to normal! Let's go find Dawn- I mean Twilight and the others!" Pinkamena smiled. She looked down at her neck and found the Element of Laughter still on her neck.

"You're welcome Growly! But you and Dawn and everypony else can still keep your name you had when you were discorded." Pinkie said as she hugged Pinkamena.

"Right, so it won't be confusing!" Pinkamena hugged back.

They bounced together off to meet Twilight and the others.